tender (1)

t. & i. [Fr. tendre, from Lat.ten do to stretch, to direct, to extend. Tender and tend (2) are thus doublets.] A. Transitive : 1. To offer in words, or to exhibit or present for acceptance. "I tender you my service." Shakesp.: Richard II ., ii. 8. 2. To offer in payment or satisfaction of a debt or liability. "Here I tender it [money] for him." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iv. 1 *3. To present, to exhibit, to show. "You'll tender me a fool."- Shakesp .: Hamlet , i. 8. B. In trans.: To make a tender or offer to do certain work or supply certain goods for a specified sum or price. těn-der (2), v . t . [TENDER, a.] To treat or regard with kindne ; to hold dear, to regard; to have a care or regard for; to cherish. "Which name I tender as dearly as my own." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, iii. 1.